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Thermal Perception in the Mediterranean Area: Comparing the Mediterranean Outdoor Comfort Index (MOCI) to Other Outdoor Thermal Comfort Indices [PDF]

open access: yesEnergies, 2016
Outdoor thermal comfort is an essential factor of people’s everyday life and deeply affects the habitability of outdoor spaces. However the indices used for its evaluation were usually developed for indoor environments assuming still air conditions and absence of solar radiation and were only later adapted to outdoor spaces.
GOLASI, IACOPO   +4 more
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The influence of bioretention assets on outdoor thermal comfort in the urban area

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2023
The urban heat island (UHI) problem is essential for urban living, significantly worldwide urban areas. The preliminary studies found that rising temperatures are proportional to the city’s density and affect human outdoor thermal comfort, which is ...
Thidarat Kridakorn Na Ayutthaya   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermal Resilience of Citizens: Comparison between Thermal Sensation and Objective Estimation in Outdoor Spaces: A Case Study in Seville, Spain

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Sanitary issues, combined with the effects of climate change, emphasize the comfort of outdoor spaces in cities. Numerous comfort models exist and can predict thermal sensation.
José Sánchez Ramos   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting outdoor thermal comfort in urban areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
<p>Outdoor thermal comfort is key to creating vibrant outdoor urban spaces. The built form is able to modify solar radiation and wind. However, there is currently no way of considering the effect of the built form on thermal comfort when designing a new development based on the environmental factors – wind, solar radiation, and ambient ...
openaire   +1 more source

Outdoor Thermal Comfort: Application of RayMan Tools

open access: yesIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021
Abstract The UN has issued a policy regarding the achievement of sustainable development goals, among which are to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. One of the contributors to the quality of education is the convenience of buildings as educational facilities.
Aisyah Nabilah   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Thermal comfort investigation of an outdoor air-conditioned area in a hot and arid environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Thermal comfort in hot and arid outdoor environments is an industrial challenging field. An outdoor air-conditioned area was designed and built to host sport and social events during summers 2014 and 2015 in Qatar. This article presents a thermal comfort
ANSI/ASHRAE 55a   +11 more
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Outdoor thermal comfort [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioscience, 2011
A review of the various approaches in understanding outdoor thermal comfort is presented. The emphasis on field surveys from around the world, particularly across Europe, enables us to understand thermal perception and evaluate outdoor thermal comfort conditions.
openaire   +2 more sources

Impact of climate change on outdoor thermal comfort in cities in united states [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Since urban open spaces provide various benefits to the citizens, it is necessary to improve the outdoor thermal comfort in urban open spaces. However, global warming increases heat stress and at the same time decrease cold stress of outdoor spaces.
Huang Yuqiao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Dependence of Outdoor Thermal Comfort on Urban Layouts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Zugleich gedruckt veröffentlicht im Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin unter der ISBN 978-3-7983-2540-1.The goal of this research was evaluation of effect of urban layouts on outdoor thermal comfort.
Monam, Alireza, Rückert, Klaus
core   +1 more source

Indian Studies on Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A Review

open access: diamondInternational Society for the Study of Vernacular Settlements, 2023
Tanaya Paul   +99 more
openalex   +2 more sources

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